An outbreak of staphylococcal bullous impetigo occurred over a period of five months in a maternity ward involving seven infected and two colonised neonates. The skin lesions were due to epidermolytic toxin A-producing Staphylococcus aureus. Infection control measures were implemented and a retrospective case-control study performed. Contact with an auxiliary nurse was the only risk factor for ...

EPIDEMIC infantile gastro-enteritis due to the specific serological types of Escherichia coli is the most infectious disease that is regularly admitted to hospitals in England, and there are at present no successful methods of preventing crossinfection by these organisms (Rogers, 1956). Jameson, Mann & Rothfield (1954) describe a large outbreak in which control was only achieved by complete clo...

Literature and other background information on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and maternal syphilis screening programmes in Tanzania reveal that little has been documented on accessibility and utilization of these services. This thesis presents the results from a research conducted in Mwanza city, Tanzania to assess the operational performance of PMTCT and maternal sy...

Abstract Being born in a hospital versus having traditional birth attendant at home represents the most common early life policy change worldwide. By applying difference-in-differences approach to register-based individual-level data on total population, this paper explores long-term economic effects of opening new maternity wards as an quasi-experiment. It first finds that reform substantially...

Do transitory economic shocks affect neonatal outcomes? I show that an unexpected, monthlong blackout in Tanzania caused a sharp but temporary drop in work hours for workers in electricity-dependent jobs. Using records from a maternity ward, I document a reduction in birth weights for children exposed in utero to the blackout, and an increase in the probability of low birth weight. The reductio...

OBJECTIVE To report the duration of and factors associated with exclusive and any breastfeeding among the French-speaking community of Belgium (Wallonia). MATERIAL AND METHODS A two-stage cluster sample was drawn from the population of children aged 18-24 months living in the area in 2012. Anamnestic data on breastfeeding and sociodemographic information were collected from 525 mothers. Cox's...